Birthday Beauty

Supplies

Scrap kit of choice - I am using "Icing on the Cake" by Kristi Westling available from The Scrapping Divaz Designz and Sunshine Studio Scraps

Tubes of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Elias Chatzoudis which is available with a licence through My PSP Tubes

**PLEASE DO NOT USE HIS ARTWORK WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE**

Template #1 by Pookers Creations

WSL_Mask159 by Chelle available from her blog

Font of choice - I am using Baby Kruffy

Plugin: Penta.com Colour Dot

Let's begin...

Open Template #1 by Pooker's Creations

Shift D to duplicate and close off original

On your new working canvas delete copyright layer

Image > Canvase Resize 730 x 600 centred

Merge Rectangle1 and Rectangle2 as one layer
Selections > Float, then Defloat
Selections > Modify > Feather by 1
Delete a couple of times to remove the rectangles

Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Resize as necessary
Selections > Invert
Delete then deselect

Layers > Merge > Merge Down

Select the LargeCircle with your Magic Wand
Paste Paper of choice INTO selection
Deselect

Select CircleFrame with Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Feather by 1
Delete a couple of times
Paste Paper of choice INTO selection
Deselect

Select LittleCircle1 with Magic Wand
Selections > Modify > Feather by 1
Delete a couple of time
Paste Paper of choice INTO selection

DO NOT DESELECT!!

Selections > Modify > Contract by 8
Paste another Paper of choice INTO selection
Deselect

Repeat same with LittleCircle2

Repeat again with LittleCircle3 and 4, inverting the colours

You should have something like this:

Paste Flower1 as new layer
Resize by 5%
Position on edge of LittleCircle Frame

Paste Flower2 as new layer
Resiz eby 5%
Position alongside Flower1

Duplicate both flowers and position opposite

Paste some gifts as new layers
Resize by around 10%
Position to the edge of Frame

Paste Tube as new layer
Resize as necessary
Position in centre

Beginning with LittleCircle1 select your Magic Wand
Set your Tolerance to 50
Select the inside of the Circle
Selections > Modify > Feather by 1

Paste a tube of choice as a new layer
Resize as necessary
Selections > Invert
Delete excess
Deselect

Effects > Plugins > Penta.com > Colour Dot
Default settings

Repeat same steps with the other three Circles

Paste Balloon1 and Balloon2 as new layers
Resize by 10%
Position to the left behind LittleCircle layers

Paste Paper of choice as new layer
Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom
Then move up one layer above Background

Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image
Apply WSL_Mask159
OK
Layers > Merge > Merge Group
Lower opacity to 65

Crop and resize

Select your Text Tool and font of choice
I am using BabyKruffy
Foreground - #FFFFFF
Background - #da4975

Stroke width - 2.00

Type out your name
Objects > Align > Horizontal Centre in Canvas
Convert to raster layer

Effects > Plugins > Penta.com > Colour Dot with the same settings

Apply drop shadow of choice

Finally, add your © copyright, licence and watermark, then save as a GIF or JPG and you're done!

** IF YOU WISH TO ANIMATE PLEASE FOLLOW THESE NEXT STEPS **

Activate Tube in Little Circle1
Lower opacity to 50
Edit > Copy Merged

Open Animation Shop
Edit > Paste as New Animation

Back to PSP
Return to normal opacity and activate LittleCircle2
Lower opacity to 50
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Back to PSP
Return to normal opacity and activate LittleCircle3
Lower opacity to 50
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Back to PSP
Return to normal opacity and activate LittleCircle4
Lower opacity to 50
Edit > Copy Merged

In Animation Shop
Edit > Paste AFTER Current Frame

Select All, and adjust Frame Properties to 50
Save as a GIF and you're done!

Thanks for trying my tutorial!

::st!na::

Here is a non-animated version:

© Tutorial written by Stina on 1st July 2009
All rights reserved